Rooney - English press pages (Thursday) © EuroFootball.com

London's 'Chelsea' owner Roman Abramovich would gladly invite Wayne Rooney to his team and make him one of the highest-paid footballers on the planet. The billionaire could compete with 'Man City' executives by offering the Englishman a weekly salary of 250,000 pounds sterling, but he could only allocate 20 million euros for the transfer to 'Man Utd' club ("Daily Mail").

'Blues' captain John Terry invited Rooney to join the team at Stamford Bridge stadium and called him the "best player in the world" ("Daily Mirror").

Rooney is open to offers from the 'Chelsea' club, but the latter is not willing to pay the player more than 160,000 pounds sterling per week ("The Sun").

Sources close to Abramovich claim that the oligarch has no intention of unbalancing the wage structure of the 'Chelsea' club, so the limit is 150,000 pounds sterling per week that John Terry and Frank Lampard receive ("Daily Express").

Rooney's requested salary is deterring 'Real Madrid' leaders from making a specific offer to the 'Red Devils' ("IM Scouting").

'Man Utd' is preparing to acquire Ajax forward Luis Suarez as a replacement for Rooney, if the former Everton player leaves the team at Old Trafford stadium. The 'Red Devils' may have to pay around 30 million pounds sterling for the Uruguayan national team star ("Talk Sport").

'Man Utd' fans believe that Rooney's subtle criticism of the Glazer family who own the club may signal the beginning of the end of the American era ("The Times").

Former Liverpool forward Robbie Fowler invites Rooney to join his Australian 'A-League' team Perth Glory (AP)."